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This mandolin is an enigma. The headstock inlaid logo dates the mandolin to the early 1930s as Gibson moved over to a silkscreened logo that was much larger in script size. The bridge is also an older style than you would expect on a mid-30s A-50. To my eye it appears to be an early 1930s mandolin. However, it has Kluson tuners which Gibson started to use in 1937-8 but the gears are riveted in place- something Kluson started to do in 1942 as the wartime metal shortage began to bite- so screws were replaced by rivets. In 1939, Gibson went over to Phillips screws- all the metal ware on this mandolin is attached by Phillips screws. So, it is a real anomaly. Was it mandolin body that was stored for about 10 years and completed in WW2 by Gibson- or was it made at the start of the A-50 run with f holes that began in 1934 and then returned to Gibson and new tuners were put on it? Why would Gibson replace the screws that hold on the tailpiece? Is the mandolin made of maple- I cannot tell. All in all, very strange and others may be able to shed light on the mystery of why it is like this. is it an A-50?- it is bound top and bottom.
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